sonofearth

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[–] sonofearth@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago

bruh 1200 sq ft of carpet area is considered as a luxurious apartment in India. you can easily fit a family of 4 people in there and a guest or 2 for a couple of days. We live in 2 bedroom 850 sqft carpet apartment which now is getting congested with 5 people.

[–] sonofearth@lemmy.world 18 points 23 hours ago (14 children)

There should be a limit on how many sq.ft of home a human can own. If not, tax the hell out of the additional sq.ft. A Family of 4 doesn't need more than 1200sq.ft of carpet area (approx 3 bedrooms, 1 kitchen and 1 living room house) and that can be done in 2 floors.

[–] sonofearth@lemmy.world 19 points 1 week ago (19 children)

As long as it is open source, it doesn’t matter. Forks like Librewolf will disable it.

[–] sonofearth@lemmy.world 42 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Either is fucking annoying. I don’t want to listen to your religious bullshit. Keep it inside the building.

[–] sonofearth@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

The other kids with socials will be more likely to have mental health issues than the kid who doesn't even if they get excluded from that group. There will be other group of kids with no socials as well. They will always find a tribe.

I don't know about the west, but Indian schools don't allow phones to be carried at all in their backpacks or pockets so maybe that's why I might not know how serious this issue of isolation is in the west but in India it won't be an issue because schools are 4-7 hrs long and after that parents usually send the kids to daycare, private tuitions, sports group, or any other hobby coaching that the kid is interested in. But some parents are absolutely stupid — they just give toddlers a phone or a pad just so they won't have the hear the toddler crying.

[–] sonofearth@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

You are assuming that kids read stuff on the Internet. They don't (and even if they do, it is very little). Most of their screen time is social media or games.

you don't like your kids spending too much time reading books?

Tue to some extent. Doing just one activity for a long time even if you love it is not good for developing your brain and the body as a kid. Even though they might not want to, I would encourage them to do more stuff as a parent.

[–] sonofearth@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Pretty vague but let me make the best out of it. I'd rather prefer my kids to physically explore the world and socialize rather than forming opinions of it and the society through an echo chamber on a 6 inch screen. It is more setting up to be a better human being (if not successful) than a failure. Most of social media is nothing more than following your favorite creators. Staying in contact with your friends is as easy as asking for their number or their home address so they can actually talk and socialize — you absolutely don't need social media for it (you will only need, at most, Instant Messaging apps).

[–] sonofearth@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I mean there are other social activities — Sports, Reading clubs, etc. It is not as if the world didn't socialize before social media. Bullying is not a new problem. Kids should be comfortable enough with their parents to share (which social media addiction doesn't allow) that they are being bullied and not with random stranger online who doesn't give a fuck anyways.

[–] sonofearth@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago (10 children)

Although I agree that children should not be using social media at all, banning is not the solution. It should be for the parents to let their children use social media or not and if they should be using smartphones at all. If I were a parent I would give my kid a dumb phone just to call and sms (and maybe play snake). If they were to go on a trip, I would give a smartphone without any Appstore — just a dumb phone with parental restrictions, secure messenger like Signal (even Whatsapp if needed) to allow keep in touch with us and friends and any coordinators on that trip. If they were to use social media, it would only be on a Linux PC/Laptop.

[–] sonofearth@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Ikr I was in a similar debate. I just gave up. I was going to type this — usually said when a person just doesn’t like to find a middle ground and keeps screaming that they are right:

“ठीके बाबा. तूम्ही महान, आम्ही लहान. तुम्हाला चार पाय, आम्हाला दोन पाय. तुम्ही गाढव आम्ही माणूस.”

Translation: Ok bro. You are great, I am not. You have 4 legs, I have 2. You are a donkey, I am a human.

[–] sonofearth@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

and yet people romanticise and justify that shit

[–] sonofearth@lemmy.world 23 points 2 weeks ago (8 children)

Wait DLSS is about upscaling right? The “features” mentioned in OP’s post are about motion interpolation that makes the video seem to be playing at higher fps than the standard 24fps used in movies and shows.

 

Wtf is going on in this world? Why does every fucking fascist government wants to control all the computers and the internet?

 

The Department of Telecommunications has told these apps that within the next 90 days, they must make sure their services work only when the correct SIM card is in the phone. If you remove that SIM, the app should stop working. This is known as SIM binding.

  • Continuous SIM presence: Apps must check regularly whether the original SIM card is still inserted in your phone. If not, the app must automatically stop working until you insert the correct SIM again.
  • Web access restrictions: If you use WhatsApp Web or similar web versions, the government wants you to get logged out automatically every six hours. To log in again, you will have to scan a QR code with the app. This is to ensure the device and user are genuine.

People who use these apps on secondary devices without a SIM, or those who keep their SIM in one phone but use the app on another, may face interruptions

I don't even see the point of this:

  • Surveillance?
  • Some Incoming telecom plan change which will require you to have a special plan for using Messengers because no one uses SMS and don't bother to have an SMS plan? so telecom networks can make some more money?
 

The Department of Telecommunications has told these apps that within the next 90 days, they must make sure their services work only when the correct SIM card is in the phone. If you remove that SIM, the app should stop working. This is known as SIM binding.

  • Continuous SIM presence: Apps must check regularly whether the original SIM card is still inserted in your phone. If not, the app must automatically stop working until you insert the correct SIM again.
  • Web access restrictions: If you use WhatsApp Web or similar web versions, the government wants you to get logged out automatically every six hours. To log in again, you will have to scan a QR code with the app. This is to ensure the device and user are genuine.

People who use these apps on secondary devices without a SIM, or those who keep their SIM in one phone but use the app on another, may face interruptions

I don't even see the point of this:

  • Surveillance?
  • Some Incoming telecom plan change which will require you to have a special plan for using Messengers because no one uses SMS and don't bother to have an SMS plan? so telecom networks can make some more money?
 
 

This is Dystopian AF!

For those who don't Aadhar is a govt ID card for its citizens that doesn't do shit, is unsecured like shit, and doesn't even prove anything about you in legal terms.

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submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by sonofearth@lemmy.world to c/games@lemmy.world
 

I’ve got a small backlog of games on my laptop (running Arch Linux with KDE) through Lutris. I usually play with a keyboard and a mouse, but since I sit pretty close to my screen (ik bad habit), it starts getting uncomfortable after a while. So I’ve been thinking about picking up a gamepad for some more relaxed, couch style gaming.

I’ve never actually owned a gamepad or a console before, so this would be my first time. From what I’ve seen on Reddit, a lot of people seem to have good experiences using Xbox controllers on Linux. I just wanted to get some more insight before buying one to make sure I’m making the right choice.

I’m also planning to grab a second controller so my girlfriend and I can play some local multiplayer games together.

Update: I went with 8BitDo Ultimate C wired as it was cheaper and a lot of folks below suggested it over the original Xbox Controller. It worked out of the box. I have only tested it with Marvel’s Spiderman 2 from Fitgirl repacks installed and running via Lutris. Worked w/o any issues.

 

Watched the movie in the theatre when I was a toddler and somehow I still remember how much I loved it lol.

 

One of the best pieces of self-hosted software ever to exist.

Edit: This is Immich! for the folks who don't know.

 

A call for perverts to goon. Not even going to show the content.

Edit: Even kids younger than 15 y/o who have a smartphone use Whatsapp.

 

Tomorrow it will be even worse — usually 250+ AQI. Still, this region has good airflow compared to the northern parts of India which literally go past the maximum reading on the scales — not great, not terrible — which is a result of after harvest stubble burning, firecrackers, cold weather and the entire northern region’s airflow blocked by the Himalayas.

The so called Hindus will literally call you out for being “weak” instead of deciding to not waste their money on the crackers and killing people. Delhi’s chief minister (who can’t even sign a piece of document) said that Diwali is incomplete without firecrackers before lifting the prevention measures from the previous government— which was also a failure.

Firecrackers were never even part of Diwali. The festival was about getting together, share gifts and sweets. But these radical Hindus don’t give a shit.

Update: Our Prime Minister with Delhi's Chief Minister with air purifier while they encourage people to burst more crackers.

 

Before anyone suggests using alternativeto.net, I checked over there but all it is showing are the usual document scanners. While both are similar, Photoscan deals with reflections better because it takes 4 different photos from different angles to the centre of the image and then merge it to give a clean scan of the image. And I couldn’t find any FOSS alternative which does the same.

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